Procedure: Accessing a canister by using a directly attached Ethernet cable
If you need to use a direct Ethernet connection to attach a personal computer to a node canister to run the service assistant or to use the service CLI, use this procedure.
About this task
Follow this procedure if you are not authorized to use a USB flash drive in your data center and when the service address of your nodes cannot be accessed over your Ethernet network. This situation might occur for a new installation where the default service IP addresses cannot be accessed on your network.
The default service addresses are listed in Problem: Cannot connect to the service assistant.
Note: Do not attempt to use a directly attached Ethernet cable to a canister that is active
in a clustered system. You might disrupt access from host applications or the management GUI. If the node is active, go to in the management GUI to set the
service IP address to one that is accessible on the network.
Procedure
Complete the following steps to access a canister by using a directly attached Ethernet cable.